{"id":22316,"date":"2019-09-21T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=22316"},"modified":"2019-09-21T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:04:29","slug":"smart-glove-parkinson-250k-nsf-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/smart-glove-parkinson-250k-nsf-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart glove for Parkinson patients; $250k NSF award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>A smart glove meant for patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/b><\/a><b> won the two<\/b><b>\u00a0hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). <\/b>The awardee is Kunal Mankodiya, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Rhode Island and could help in its commercialization.<br \/>\nNSF has acknowledged Mankodiya\u2019s efforts of developing the smart glove with the capability of capturing the wearers\u2019 movement data. The glove has been designed for persons with Parkinson\u2019s disease or other movement ailments.<\/p>\n<h2><b>NSF\u2019s innovative program led to smart glove<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>NSF has been outgoing because the discovery of the smart glove has been propelled by its <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>partnerships for innovation program<\/b><\/a><b>. Its objective is helping inventors to accelerate their innovations meant in tackling significant societal challenges and needs.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The smart glove project marveled NSF as it can assist health practitioners in customizing patients\u2019 treatment regimes and exercises based on the technological advancements utilized.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Mankodiya stipulated that the funding from NSF will be instrumental in propelling a deep dive into the merging of distinctive domains, such as smart textile manufacturing, human-factors design, wearable electronics, and conductive fabrics.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also asserted that the grant programs offered by NSF are exceptional as they enhance the discovery of various innovative technologies crucial in societal transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Smart glove is part of NSF nurturing talent advocacy<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>NSF has been striving to make societal transformations by addressing notable needs and challenges. As a result, it has led to the discovery of unique projects, such as the smart glove, that will enhance efficiency and productivity.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2016, Mankodiya with assistance from students in his Wearable Biosensing Lab has been developing the smart glove project. He acknowledges that they have undertaken considerable research on the innovative smart gloves for some years.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>A transition was, however, necessitated and this led to the decision of availing the smart gloves into the market. Mankodiya notes that this process is not straightforward as it will require narrow and very focused research in the finalization of the analytical, digital, and physical elements of the smart gloves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Once successful, the smart glove project will be beneficial to many as the neurodegenerative disorder affects nearly one million (1M) American residents, and at least ten million (10M) individuals worldwide.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent research also revealed that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/smartphone-games-may-detect-cognitive-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smartphone games, such as Candy Crush, can be pivotal in the detection of cognitive decline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smart glove meant for patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease won the two\u00a0hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The awardee is Kunal Mankodiya, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Rhode Island and could help in its commercialization. NSF has acknowledged Mankodiya\u2019s efforts of developing the smart glove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}